25 Sep 2024

Remote work vs back to the office

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 25 September 2024
Female freelancer sitting in a hammock tied up between palm trees on tropical beach, working on a laptop computer; digital nomad telecommuting

Photo: 123RF / Vladimir Cosic

Working from home is the talk of the town now after Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis decreed that public servants should trapse back to the office.

What works best for workers? And is that different for companies?

Rebecca Downes is based at Victoria University's School of Business and Government, and she did her PhD on remote work.

She talks to Jesse who wants to know if remote work really is more productive.